Comment on Microsoft Is Now Being Sued Over Sunsetting Windows 10

• HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I remember!

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you don’t switch on SecureBoot, that can still be the truth.

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  • rami@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can you tell me more about what secure boot does in this correct? (Assuming this isn’t a joke)

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you don’t enable SecureBoot then you can’t install Win 11.

      As a bonus, you won’t be able to install the latest Call of Duty or Battlefield titles either.

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      • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wow! I can’t wait to not buy and not play either of those games!

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      • Hobo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Okay but you should enable secure boot on any device you want to keep any level of private data on. It’s trivial to break into a device that doesn’t have it enabled if you can physically access it. Laptops especially should have secure boot enabled.

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      • DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Except you technically can. Windows 11 registry allows for installation without secure boot and its called after the upgrade process, thats what things like rufus patch to allow it.
        Now idk if secure boot has to be enabled for windows 10 to consider it upgrade ready, but its technically all in there

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• 64bitrowlet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean I would rather use linux if I could get away with it. Unfortunately I have a lot of engineering programs on my pc that I know for a fact would definitely not run on linux which sucks I guess since I am stuck with windows. I thought about dual booting my pc but then immediately realized that is problematic XD.

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  • Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can try to put the engineering programs in dedicated snapshotted windows VMs and basically time-capsule them as a working tool forever that never changes and works on any machine.

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    • 64bitrowlet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your right but that would have massive performance issues. I could definitely do that and that is not a bad idea but I also have a steam deck now for most linux things I do but yes you are right.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        GPU passthrough might help?

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  • sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can dual boot using separate drives. This has worked for me without any issues and I routinely use solidworks.

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    • 64bitrowlet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stupid question. How did you do that without having the drives interfere with windows? When I have done that it massively screw up my windows boot somehow and it made everything weird. Basically I had to uninstall it because it was massively grating on my nerves what it was doing to my os. Basically it changed the time and date to a few decades in the future and I could not get around to fixing it. It also caused issues where I couldn’t access certain sites online because of the issues I was having with my pc and the fact the date was so far in the future. Thanks!

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      • sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t exactly know how the drivers didn’t interfere as I have never done any specific fixes to it. In windows I’ve ran some debloating scripts but I don’t know if that’s the reason, as it seems more deeply rooted.

        I have always dual booted from separate drives since I started using linux. I used Ubuntu, arch and finally settled on fedora. In conclusion, dual booting has never been a problem for me.

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